Courtesy of Made with Reishi™ by MycoWorksMycoWorks, creator of a fine mycelium leather, raised $17m in Series A financing.

The round was led by DCVC Bio, with major participation from Novo Holdings and 8VC, as well as Future Tech Labs, AgFunder, Susa Ventures, Cthulhu Ventures, and Wireframe Ventures.

The company intends to use the funds to scale production of Reishi, its non-plastic, non-animal material that performs like leather.

The company’s Reishi material is already used by multiple European luxury and footwear brands as a commercially viable natural, sustainable option for leather.

Led by Matt Scullin, CEO, MycoWorks makes Reishi, an entirely new option for leather made from its Fine Mycelium™ technology. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582651811.2414854/MycoWorks-Raises-$17M-in-Series-A-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Olea Edge Analytics, an Austin, TX-based provider of a platform to optimize water delivery, billing and conservation by combining IoT and edge computing capabilities, completed a $9m Series B round of funding.

The round was led by Renewal Funds with participation from existing investors Ananta Family Office and Mercury Fund.

In conjunction with the funding, Mike Cormack of Renewal Funds and Jaideep Khanna of Ananta Family Office will join the Olea Board of Directors.

The company intends to use the funds for product expansion of its AI-enabled IoT water distribution management solution into municipal water utilities across the U.S.

Led by Dave Mackie, chief executive officer, Olea provides an AI and machine learning water management and revenue recovery technology platform to top water utilities in the U.S. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582650007.7284443/Olea-Edge-Analytics-Raises-$9M-in-Series-B-Funding?ref=audio_experience

One way to run a more effective meeting is to come up with an agenda in advance and share it with your invitation list.

You can also run a more effective meeting by using technology to project the status of projects and tasks.

If there are no questions, then take time to go over and review the essential points from the meeting.

Set up another meeting soon so you can continue the conversation.

You may want to take notes during the meeting so that you remember to reiterate important details from the conversation in your email. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582648208.1873531/4-Ways-To-Run-A-More-Effective-Meeting---Young-Upstarts?ref=audio_experience

It could be a space to do work, get creative with hobbies or simply a designated area to use the computer.

If you’re looking to build a mini office in your home, we have some tips for you.

You may have a spare room in your home, which is a great space for building your home office.

If this isn’t an option, find a space in your home which can house a desk and make an office ‘zone’.

When it comes to building your mini home office, be sure to think about the practical elements as well as your wellbeing. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582646407.5534232/Building-a-mini-office-in-your-home?ref=audio_experience

The resource concept occupies a steadily leading position, being currently the most advanced and reasonable tool of the theory of strategic management.

The results of monitoring the main approaches and methods of strategic management (Prahalad et al.

2001) show that the study of the micro bases of firms' sustainable competitive advantages is increasingly concentrated in the area of ​​the modern resource concept (RBV).

Therefore, before determining the final composition of a firm's resource portfolio, it is essential to determine the list of properties that should be present in a competitive resource.

At the 2nd stage of the formation of the company's resource strategy, the resource portfolio is analyzed (RBV analysis). | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582644609.8710659/Entrepreneurial-Finance:-Resource-–-Based-View-(RBV)?ref=audio_experience

CoolBitX, a blockchain security startup based in Taiwan, announced today it has raised $16.75 million in Series B funding, led by returning investor SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial group.

Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bitsonic, Monex Group, another Japanese financial group, and Taiwan’s National Development Fund also participated.

All virtual asset service providers in FATF member countries need to comply by June.

“In addition, Sygna ensures that VASPs can quickly comply with new regulations with minimal disruptions to their day-to-day operations,” he added.

As such, we are delighted to participate in our second tranche of investment in CoolBitX. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582642809.268612/Blockchain-security-startup-CoolBitX-raises-$16.75-million-Series-B-round-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

The total exports from India inscribed a growth rate of 3.20 pc year-on-year during April-August 2019 to $227.36 billion.

This shows that the logistics industry would be a vital enabler and catalyst for attaining the true growth potential of India.

So, here are five factors that are contributing to this trend and the growth of Indian logistics sector.

A better logistics infrastructureWith prominent stress being laid on fortifying and invigorating the Indian logistics paradigm, new and enhanced logistics centers and warehouses are being charted around eminent ports.

The ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ initiatives have also assayed a creditable part in the expansive growth process of the logistics and supply chain. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582641008.6795437/5-factors-acting-as-a-catalyst-for-the-growth-of-Indian-logistics-sector?ref=audio_experience

"Anirudh also added that Pepper is now also expanding into graphics as a vertical and are launching a first-of-its-kind ‘content-as-eCommerce’ model which brands itself as the fastest content experience ever.

But what made me convinced were the founders, who at such an early age have made it into something formidable.

"Amit Ranjan Co-founder, Slideshare who also invested added, "Pepper is building out an innovative digital content marketplace catering to the needs of Indian corporates, SMEs & startups.

In a short timeframe, Pepper has notched up an impressive revenue run rate, is building relevant editorial tools and looks poised to scale up their business model.

"The founders who are yet to graduate, have been able to aggregate over Rs 1.75 crore of revenues and have a network of over 25,000+ content creators. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582639217.8720381/Pepper-raises-Rs-2.2-crore-from-Snapdeal-founders'-Titan-Capital,-other-investors?ref=audio_experience

Having scouted the horizon for the top early stage startups out there, we analysed growth rate according to aspects like team numbers, funding closed, sector and more.

Here are the top promising Greek startups that we expect to see hitting the headlines in 2020 and beyond.

BibeCoffee – BibeCoffee, founded in 2018, is turning every professional coffee machine into a smart connected terminal.

Its online platform matches job seekers and employers, skipping the traditional (and seemingly never-ending) process of interviews, bureaucracy, and long calls.

The Athens-based team has closed two rounds of funding, with the last being this year in 2020, reaching an amount of over €110K. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582637408.3308332/10-promising-Greece-based-startups-to-watch-in-2020?ref=audio_experience

Outreach, the billion-dollar Seattle sales automation startup, is making a big bet on Europe.

The company opened an office in London as part of an expansion in Europe, where it already has more than 200 customers.

Outreach has 12 people in London right now, and it aims to triple its headcount there by the end of the year.

Leading the new European office is Tom Castley, who spent nearly three years at Apptio, running its European account management team.

It has more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including Adobe, Tableau, Okta, Splunk, DocuSign and SAP. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582635607.0766854/Sales-automation-startup-Outreach-opens-London-office,-doubling-down-on-Europe-expansion?ref=audio_experience